Desertification affects one quarter of the earth’s surface and over a billion people. UNESCO is working to reverse one of the world’s most alarming processes of environmental degradation. More

• Turning back the sands of time?
  UNESCO Courier – June 2006
• The Future of Drylands Conference
  Tunis, Tunisia 19 - 21 June 2006
• Infosheet on desertification
  (PDF format - 100K)
• 2006 - UN International year of deserts and desertification